Topic Practice

2
Lesson

3 Name 5
Using Mental Strategies to Add
and Subtract
Add or subtract. Use mental strategies.
1 89 1 46 2 101 2 49 3 400 1 157

4 722 1 158 5 120 2 33 6 900 2 187

7 299 1 206 8 878 1 534 9 554 2 59

10 How can you write 52 1 (8 1 25)
to make it easier to add?
11 Selena’s family went on a trip. The total hotel bill was $659.
The cost of the airfares was $633. Use mental strategies to
find the total cost for the hotel and the airfares. 

12 One year, 76 people helped at the town clean-up. The next
year, 302 people helped. How many more people helped in
the second year? Use mental strategies to find the answer.

13 Gareth wants to collect 900 football cards. So far, he has collected 428
Australian Rules cards and 217 soccer cards. How many more cards does
Gareth need to complete his collection?

A 255 B 472 C 645 D 683

14 Explain how you could add 678 1 303 using mental strategies.

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